Keely Johnson

Nancy Dickman has run marathons in London, New York, Rome and Sydney, and at 83 shows no signs of slowing down. 

A National Parks and Wildlife Service firefighter dies after being crushed by a tree during bushfire prevention work north of Newcastle. 

Just before midnight, emergency services were called to the highway at Tarro, following reports a man had been hit by a vehicle.

A Hunter Valley businessman is demanding recompense after the cancellation of a second cruise liner's visit to Newcastle amid safety fears sparked by a planned climate change protest on the harbour.

A man charged with the domestic violence murder of 39-year-old Hunter woman Rhukaya Lake is remanded in custody.

Dozens of regent honeyeaters have been released in woodlands in the NSW Hunter Valley in an effort to boost the critically endangered population.

Knitting has become an outlet for Port Stephens woman Kim Franks, who is mostly housebound after a diagnosis of debilitating psoriasis.

A Broken Hill man has run to Newcastle to raise funds and awareness for a rare condition called as Angelman syndrome.

Police praised bystanders for saving a 17-year-old girl being attacked by a large mixed-breed dog in the New South Wales Hunter Valley.

The 17-year-old suffered injuries to her head, neck and body and was rushed to hospital. Police destroyed the animal involved and an investigation is underway.

A Newcastle woman whose daughter was killed by her ex-boyfriend will meet the NSW premier next week in a push to introduce tougher sentencing for domestic abusers.

The fight to save the veined doubletail orchid had a breakthrough in the Black Summer bushfires and now elders are leading a series of cultural burns to regenerate the endangered flower.

Police say two teenage girls were on exchange from China when one allegedly fatally stabbed the other near Newcastle.

Ekampreet Sahni Singh, 18, died at the scene after emergency services found him with a gunshot wound at Bar Beach in Newcastle earlier this year.

The federal government has committed more than $430 million to help bring large-scale hydrogen production to the New South Wales Hunter region.

NSW Health says the man received treatment after a bat bit him months ago but he is now in hospital in a critical condition.

A flick through some old magazines took Ross Willis and his daughter through a "time warp" to the days when he was a teen model, and suit tailors thrived in Newcastle.

The 75-year-old, diagnosed with motor neurone disease about 12 months ago, ended his life with voluntary assisted dying.

Residents forced to abandon their homes after a landslip in Newcastle last month have been left feeling "helpless", with several of the unoccupied homes looted in recent weeks.

A 55-year-old woman and an unborn baby have died in a car crash in Newcastle. Police allege a sedan was being driven dangerously before it collided with the car the women were in.

Delma and Frank Murray, who met at a Newcastle dance hall in 1939, have just celebrated their 80th wedding anniversary, making them Australia's oldest living married couple.

Residents in parts of the New South Wales Mid North Coast have been told to evacuate immediately due to major flooding, as heavy rain and winds continue to pummel parts of the state.

Supporters of large-scale renewable energy projects are urging Labor to get on with the job of assessing offshore wind options in New South Wales after the weekend's landslide election victory.

A man and a woman have been charged after a video of a man allegedly shooting a firearm out a car window in the NSW Hunter region was circulated on social media.

All southbound lanes on the M1 motorway has reopened after a massive effort from emergency crews to remove metal shards spilled onto the road which damaged hundreds of vehicles early this morning.